maildrop error...

[Ken Murchison]

Lindner wrote:
> Anders Norrbring wrote:
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>>>Anders Norrbring wrote:
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>>>>I managed to solve the login problem, now I get another error when trying
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>>>to
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>>>>verify the install.  And just as before, I don't even know where to start
>>>>looking, I'm totally new to Cyrus.
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>>>>
>>>>hulda:~ # telnet localhost 110
>>>>Trying ::1...
>>>>telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
>>>>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>>>>Connected to localhost.
>>>>Escape character is '^]'.
>>>>+OK hulda.the-server.net Cyrus POP3 v2.1.15 server ready
>>>><4066026018.1076967268 at hulda.the-server.net>
>>>>user tsnet0001
>>>>+OK Name is a valid mailbox
>>>>pass NOTSHOWN
>>>>-ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to open maildrop
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>>>>Where is this "maildrop" configured, and how do I locate the error?
>>>>
>>>>Anders.
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>>>Cyrus is logging everything to local6 syslog facility. You could
>>>reconfigure your syslogd: "local6.*  /var/log/imapd.log". While keeping
>>>on eye on /var/log/imapd.log, you should have a look at /var/log/mail as
>>>well.
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>>>AFAIK, maildrop belongs to postfix not to cyrus ?!
>>>If this is the case you can't configure maildrop directly but you could
>>>start postfix.   ;-)
>>>
>>>I you want more help please post a "egrep '(panic|error|failure)'
>>>/var/log/mail" first.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Marek
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>>Well, postfix IS running.. And it really isn't involved in a telnet to port
>>110, is it?  It should only be cyrus if I understand correctly?
>>
>>Anyway, the only thing in the mail.log is; 
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>>Feb 16 22:27:35 hulda postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
>>Feb 16 22:27:35 hulda postfix/master[1148]: daemon started -- version 2.0.18
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>>No errors, nothing.
>>
>>Anders.
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> 
> Rob is right (as usual  ;).
> You probably created a mailbox named "username" instead of 
> "user.username" which is the correct cyrus syntax.
> I created such a mailbox and I got the same error message.
> 
> Unfortunately, there is no log message at all ?! No hint, no warning, 
> nothing ...  May be I have an too old version ??

I just added syslog() entries for any failures to open the maildrop in 
pop3d.c (CVS).

> Question: What is the task of maildrop then ?

The POP maildrop is analogous to the IMAP Inbox.

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